9781413008111

1413008119

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Summary

These best-selling, academic skills texts systematically develop students' reading and vocabulary skills through engaging themes and intensive practice. Students learn successful reading strategies and are further prompted to build proficiency in their writing, listening, and speaking skills.

Table of Contents

Skills Chart

viii

Preface

xii

Introduction

xv

Acknowledgments

xix

UNIT 1: Society: School and Family

1

(74)

Chapter 1

2

(21)

Hop, Skip . . . and Software?

3

(13)

Victoria Irwin

Program to Bring Laptop Computers to Rural Schools

16

(7)

Melissa Nelson

Chapter 2

23

(26)

My Husband the Outsider

25

(13)

Marian Hyun

Unwelcome in Chinatown

38

(11)

Amy Wu

Chapter 3

49

(26)

Beyond Rivalry

50

(14)

Elizabeth Stark

Middle Children and Their Position in the Family

64

(11)

Dr. Kevin Leman

UNIT 2: Influences on Our Lives: Nature Versus Nurture

75

(70)

Chapter 4

76

(21)

Who Lives Longer?

77

(11)

Patricia Skalka

More Senior Citizens, Fewer Kids

88

(9)

Jessie Cheng

Chapter 5

97

(21)

The Mindset of Health

99

(12)

Ellen J. Langer

How to Behave in a Hospital

111

(7)

Gloria Emerson

Chapter 6

118

(27)

Small Wonders

120

(13)

Andrew Marshall

Reading at 8 Months? That Was Just the Start

133

(12)

Michael Winerip

UNIT 3: Technology and Ethical Issues

145

(70)

Chapter 7

146

(21)

Assisted Suicide: Multiple Perspectives

146

(2)

Amy Bernstein

Matters of Life and Death

148

(12)

Dr. Francis Moore

Should Doctors Be Allowed to Help Terminally III Patients Commit Suicide?